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The majority of Texans would like ex-Governor Sayers appointed but President Roosevelt might not be able to appoint a Texan. Roosevelt would like to go over the case with W. Sloan Simpson and his father.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-08
President Roosevelt is considering Senator Harris, Senator Jones, and Governor Sayers for the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-06
Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled “Jones,” “J.D. Sayers” with large sword labeled “State Anti-Trust Laws,” “Bryan” with large sword labeled “Demagogism,” “Hearst,” “Pingree,” “Hogg of Texas” with sword labeled “State Law,” Theodore Roosevelt with sword labeled “Roosevelt,” and “Alger,” and also Joseph Pulitzer. A crowd in the background carries banners that state “Down with Trusts” and “Down with Dept. Stores.” They are struggling against a large gladiator wearing armor labeled “Trusts, Power to Undersell Competitors, Vested Rights, Right to Buy and Sell, Natural Right of Association, Business Progress, Steady Work, [and] Payment of Good Wages.” The gladiator is carrying a shield labeled “Constitution of the U.S.” and a sword labeled “Low Prices.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-07-26